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ifriffnnifuiiiifkiiiiitiiiiiiiiitiiiiitiiiiiMiiiHHitiiftiiiiiiiiMiiiiiJIj Albany County Weekly X TM Enterprise is among the oldest = Of country weeklies, and carrfes news i fro/ri half-a-hundred communities in- § to 3,000 homes. $3.00 a year. f K ii|i(iihii^nifiii i i i i iiiiiiM'»'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiniiMii,rri ! i > &BVENTY-THIRD YEAR iff\ and Now\ — On Maple Avenue 1/M' I 4 ALTAMONT, N. ^)|||3||$§^TEMBER 28, 1956 \THE BEGINNING\ — This was the scene on Maple Avenue, Altamont, in late October last year, look- ing south toward Main Street from a point in front of the Enterprise building. The picture was taken after several large, old trees had been removed (note stumps) in preparation for the new concrete high- way that has been in course of construction all through the first nine months of this year. NJiinmiKiiiititiiiiiiiiiniiniMiiiiiiiiiiiiinniifiiinMiiiiiliitiiniiiiliiliQ - Enterprise Ads | Our long list of advertisers speaks i well of the value of advertising in f this paper. Use Enterprise ads to tell j readers about what you have to sell. B \\\ .••\.. 'S (12 PAGES) NUMBER 11 Altamont tele$$WJf eustome be able to_call^Wi'and• I r ySi^J^jss' •*&v£ N '<j \SMOOTH SAILING\ — This is a more'extended view of Maple Avenue, looking in the same direc- tion as the picture shown above. This scene was photographed from a point in front of the Masonic Temple, during the second week of September. Since that time, the sidewalks have been complet- ed, along with entrance walks and driveway entrances. In the business section of the village, part of which is shown here, the new concrete pavement is 38 feet wide from curb to curb. rs will , „y. ~ - .• -ijrf Bii«— Delmar • on a local basiRm$I)ec. 16, when ' a new central » name L'Nion , 1—is introdUced^fPfJifw York Tele- • phone Compan^^Jfppa this week, i With this ne^|&|*.the number '• oi telephones-••^VHSpptamont cus- tomers can- *$%|llpi local basis will increase-t-^MH^^roximateli 1,100 to over 9QiWmmost 90 times the present nM^IPfW'local\ tele- phones, Miss- YfSSp Lonergan. company 'manage*? |t;JVlbany, ob- served. t 'f * £* \This is a sigtaMj increase in the value of ikf^fpne to Alta- mont customers,'*\w|^bnergan add- ed. Ui Effective with 'th#iltroduction of this toil-free semce-iill Altamont telephone numbers wp be changed The new telepfttijne jitanbers ^\\ fj t into a na'tipnwiag-tpBbering p i an that paves the ^1£ ffcdialing calls direct to telephones;fnijar-distant lo . calities. While'\ WBM still some years away we epfgpiat Altamont telephone custonr£r||®htuaIly will be able to dial'|Mei|;cails to many distant places ariawgdialed direct- iy in returh. : ; , ,;; Approximately ; ,ttee weeks before these improyemjHiis^lSsjjn a n cus . tomers will ceefej^fc;-IpnaH complete dialing instruct^^; : (aM.an explana- tion of the new^bja^jce. All customersS'^.t!?l3.Uj;ilso receive through the maiJ?i^Ml plate with their new telepbaneMiIber. They will be able to' jpMclJijs on their telephone dial oveifffifir present num- ber just before pie i$w_service be- comes effective, |jhgs jgpergan said. \However it wip 'l^cessary for company insta'lle^.'feiMfour partv customers,\ sherfa^d^9f f; , With the inct|SSe|Salue of a greatly expandedjpo^paflling area. Altamont custom|i£lpif. pay the same monthly>a|f§\f^service as Al- bany customers i g6y,.-ife ; Lonergan said. ' '%• '''<? \THE GREAT UPHEAVAL\ — This is the same section of Maple Avenue as shown in the picture at the top left, AFTER it was torn up last November from end to end to prepare for surface drainage. This picture was taken from a point in front of Lape's store and St. John's Lutheran Church. Would anybody want to remember this scene — or to go back to it? Fire Prevention Week Fire Prevention Week 1956 is being observed Oct. 7-13. Its purpose is to direct public attention to the 11,000 lives and $885,218,000 in property destroyed by.fire in 1955, and to the safety measures which can help reduce this needless waste in future years. •9 President Eisenhower has issued a proclamation setting aside this one week of the year for nation- wide fire prevention effort. Overcrowded h i EVENTS TO COME (Churches, Schools, Fraternal, and Other Organizations) SUPPER SEPT. 28 Annual chicken - pie and clam pie supper, sponsored by the WSCS Group A, Clarksville Methodist church, will be held Friday, Sept. 28, in the church basement. i r* w> SUPPER SEPT. 28 A clam pie-chicken pic supper, sponsored by the WSCS of Clarks- ville Methodist church, will be held Sept. 28 in the church basement be- ginning at 5:30 p. m. BAKED HAM SUPPER - SEPT. 29 The Ladies' Aid society of the Berne Reformed church will serve a baked ham and clam pie supper on Saturday, Sept. 29. AUCTION, BAZAAR SEPT. 29 Booths at the auction and bazaar sponsored by 'the First Methodist church of Voorhpesville on Satur- day, Sept. 29, will open at 10 a. m. The auction will begin at 11 a. m. Homemade clam chowder and other refreshments will be served from noon on. LORD'S ACRE AUCTION SEPT. 29 The annual Lord's Acre auction will be conducted by the Prince- town Reformed church on Saturday, Sept. 29. The church is located at Giffords, junction of Routes 20 and N. Y. 406. Sale will open at 10 a. m. with a variety of booths; home baked goods a specialty. Cafeteria opens' at 11 a. m. Auction a t 1 p. m. DANCE SEPT. 29 Foxenkill Grange, West Berne, will hold a round and square dance ( ich Saturday night, starting Sept. 29. Dancing from 8 to 12. Refresh- ments. DANCE SEPT. 29 Lucky 13 Corral, will sponsor a round and square dance at Commun- ity ball, Osborne Rd., West Albany, > _ (Continued on Page 6) The True Story of 'A Schoharie Eskimo' By Arthur B. Gregg, Town Historian (Continued from Last Issue) Someone eventually carried the news to Mene that his father and mother were hanging up in the Mu- seum of Natural History. This was true, for skeletons of Eskimos were rare, and after the doctors were through with their autopsies, the bones were sent to the museum and assembled for exhibition. \Mene was frantic,\ said Mr. Ficken, \and ran away with the intention of getting back to Grconland. He got as far as Montreal when he was stopped by agents of Peary, who feared if this information' got back to the colony at Smith Sound, the future usefulness of those Eskimos in his quest, for the Pole would be badly impaired.\ One night in 1910, Peary was lec- turing in Poughkeepsie on his dis- covery of the North Pole the previous year. Mr. Ficken, then pastor of the neighboring Hyde Park Reformed church, heard \hc lecture and. after- ward walked up to the explorer, waiting for his train in the New York Central depot. \Admiral Peary?\ said he. \Yes. What do you wish?\ \Will you fell me whatever be- came of Mene?\ The explorer looked up quickly. \Why do you want to know?\ \I was his pastor at Lawyorsville. He went to my Sunday school.\ \Mene is safely back with his people in Greenland,\ said Peary. \We saw him safely back home.\ The inference, of course, was that he took him back himself. But the following account, shows just how Mene did get back. George Borup, one of Peary's party on trie success- ful expedition of 1909, writing of their return in his book, \A Tender- foot with Peary,\ says: \We met the 'Jeanio' of St. Johns, Newfoundland, sent up after Whitney and Dr. Cook. The 'jeanie' had two passengers aboard—Fuller of the New York Herald and Mene Wallace, iContinued on Page 41 Arthur Ryan Awarded XiJizen of Week' Pin Arthur Ryan, son of 'Mr.' and Mrs. Charles Ryan of Veeder Road, Slin- gerlands, will receive the second Citizen-of-the-Week award during special ceremonies held at Guilder- land Central High school today. Other candidates nominated for this award were Thomas Carpenter, Edmund Cox, Robert Foley and John Thorsen. Letters of congratu- lation were sent to the parents of these boys. Arthur Ryan's nomination reports stated: \Without Arthur's leader- ship and acceptance 1 of responsibil- ity, the audio-visual program would be handicapped at G. C. «. S. He is the one responsible for the proper distribution of the many items of equipment and the attaining of the, optimum use of films. He also train's many operators in his spare moments so that the teachers are freed from the hindrance of opera- tion and can use the time in the classroom for material presentation.\ Another report stated, \Arthur gives service With a smile with audio-vis- ual equipment.\ Arthur has been working with vis- ual aids since Guilderland. Central High school opened in September 1954. In 1955 he was president of the Audio-Visual club. This year he is in charge of all audio-visual assignments and equipment for the morning half of the school day. lie is a member of the junior class. - GuilderJand Central To Honor Exchange Pupil Students of GUilderland Central High school Will honor their'new ex- change student from Japan, Miss To- sheko Oktdo, tonight (Friday). Miss Ofcadb wiH be the guest of honor at the ''Cherry Blossom Ball\ sponsored jdlfltly by the National Honor society and the Student Coun- cil. Dancing will be fr6m 8:30 to 11:30. More than.a yeate ©fstflanning, con- structing and. tos^&JinJgls necessary equipment has- flSpiJlped to pre- pare for the enlaEg|d^S$. service in Altamont. This^WPft? still con- tinuing under tiiec$gij|iflJ8i of Wil- liam A. Patemarijj.- seBi's foreman, assisted by John fE Mjirland, in- staHer.reBairpMfni^ ' ^aachtion to dial fraHais «^eTvesv includes an enlarged auxij§ry-power: plant and additional telepone lines j to provide for future gtovrth and telephones with fewer parties. i \Lines now being installed will, provide for 400 additional telephones Building delays and a record en- shortly after extended local service rollment of 3.022 in Guilderland Cen- becomes effective,\ Miss Lonergan tral District schools have resulted in concluded. overcrowded classrooms in the high • school at Guilderland Center, and in *__„„! / 1 __._ m .rj.„ r • (double sessions for some 1,300 ele- Annuai tomnmnity rair imemary P u P iis going to the west- 1. n \CI i ft i oi mere school, the Board of Education At Berne 3ciiooi Oct. J| said _^ . ; The board reported the 11-class- The 20th annua! communitv fair, room addition at the high school, for the towns of Westerlo. Berne and 'which was to have been completed Knox, will be held at Berne-Knox > in time for the fall opening, is not Central school the afternoon and eve-; ready, and high school pupils are ning of Wednesday, Oct. 3. i now meeting in corners of the gym- Adults as well as children are j nasium and in corridors. Part of the urged to exhibit., There will be, industrial arts program is meeting in the bus garage adjacent to the school. Boy Scouts To Conduct Get-Out-the-Vote Drive A major activity of the Boy Scouts of America's four-year program, \On- ward for God and My Country,\ will be a nationwide campaign to urge citizens to register and vote in the elections this fall. Dr. Arthur A. Schuck, chief scout executive, said that a record mem- bership of over 4.175,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts. Explorers, and adult leaders will take part in the 1956 Get-Out-the-Vote campaign, jointly The campaign will be strictly non- CONTRACT EXPIRES; YEAR'S WORK CITED (Editor's Note: Information for the j following article was supplied by | Mayor Lloyd G. Briggs of Altamont). ! Last fall, when work on the new ! streets in Altamont began in ear- i nest, it was felt that village inter- ests should be represented by a per- son with professional training who could be available at all times. Ac- cordingly, Leo B. Westfall, P. K., was engaged as village engineer for a term of one year. The contract between the village and Mr. West- fall expires on Sept. 30, and it is fit- ting at this time to review the vari- ous undertakings which have been completed under his supervision dur- ing the past year. It scarcely seems necessary ' to itemize the problems encountered during the construction of the streets (•Main St. and Maple Ave.), as most residents, of Altamont are well aware of them. Suffice it to say that their successful solution involv- ed being on the job at 7 a. m., often tramping about in mud and rain (and snow), and doing considerable office work on week ends. In addi- tion to attending to village interests, Mr. Westfall was also helpful to.var- ious individuals who had difficulties in connection with their personal real estate, and to the contractor and the state engineer in answering ques- tions regarding construction. While this was going orf, Mr. West- fall' supervised the cleaning of the 4-inch water supply line (aoout the filtration plant), made recommenda- tions for the purchase of new pres- sure reducing and automatic flow- valves, conferred with engineers from Barker & Wheeler of Albany. and, with Charles Kelley, supervised the installation of this equipment. Also, during last fall, the village contracted with the Serafini Con- struction Co. to extend the sewer main on the south sieie of lower Main St. and construct a new cross- over under the street. Mr. West- fall planned this job, drew up the specifications, and did the necessary inspecting while the work was in progress. During the spring the village laid a new water main on a portion of Maple Ave. Plans, specifications and contracts for this work were pre- pared by Mr. Westfall, and the entire installation, including excavating, ' •-^ojnaeiftigjt^ot.j.^^w,., 'Sdije Una&f-' Ws^slitfefi* A definite deadline hid I vjsion. ___ ...«r ™i..^. B n w..i uc >u.«.. ''.\\-1 been agreed upon by the village and partisan m its concept and execution, j tho ^° afi „; r™**,-,'*;™ rv, =nH it the chief scout executive said. \As we make preparations for this participation.\ he said in a message •to the nation's 538 local Boy Scout classes for hobbies, fancy work. baked and caiintd goods, grains, vegetables, hay, silage, poultry, rab- bits, guinea pigs#nd eggs. Harold Miller/President of the fair, savs iudging vvill be done by members of the Albany Extension Service. Ribbons will be given and prizes awarded for excellent and very good exhibits. Pn'z. e money will come from community businessmen who take advertising space in the fair program. All rooms of the building will be open, showing some of the work of the students. AH teachers will be present. The harvest king and queen will be crowned at 9 P- m. in the gym- nasium. Candidates are those boys \ and girN who have worked on a ' farm the past year. High school stu- I '* Some classes in history, English and science are being held in the Com- munity hall, Guilderland Center. High school pupils number 942. Double sessions at the Westmere school were scheduled because of \failure to receive the New Guilder- land Village Elementary school on contract schedule.\ the board said. Wostmere's 794 children attend ses- sions from 8:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.. and 475 pupils assigned to the Guil- derland Village school make use of the Westmere building from 12'35 to 4:35. Other enrollment figures are- Al- tamont Elementary. 472. and Fort Hunter Elementary. 339. A board spokesman indicated there stiii hope o! opening the high lemen- councils. \we. recall the outstanding successes we experienced in our last similar campaign. Many people have called it our most significant contribution to the nation.\ In 1952 scouts distributed more than one million posters and thirty million liberty bell doorknob hang- ers to the homes of America, which helped to bring a record turnout of 61.500,000 voters. Calling the campaign an opportun- ity to serve the nation. Dr. Schuck said it will have two major outcomes. Through participation of Scoutings' entire membership, a great influence, he feels, can be exerted among par- ents, relatives, neighbors, and others (Continued on Page 5) Guilderland Audit Cost $3,604, Says Supervisor The special audit of the books of the town of Guilderland. ordered by the Town Board, cost the town $3.- 604. Supervisor John J. Welsh said. The bill was paid from the town's general fund. The audit, made by Thurlow Weed McWhinnio. 90 State St.. Albany, a certified public accountant, showed the town overcxpended its highway hudeet by more than $43 000 during the calendar year 1955 and may dents of Berne-Knox will vote and ! scn ° o1 WHIRS and most of the elrmen-.overspend its budget again this vear select the harvest court. | ar >' classrooms at Guilderland Vil-,j f spending continues at the pre'sent The fair is-sponsored bv the 4-H . la S° during November, bin caution- ; ratc . and Fut rue Farmer Clubs, of which T d \there is no certainty as to the; The audit report also warned that Mrs. Ellen Yaimch.uk and Donald !™ a f,' ™o the buildings will become | there may be financial troubles Boyden are leaders. \ Admission to the fair is fr freshments will be sold. Newspaper Week Set ia\atlabe. iahead this year for the McKownville Ro „ | To plan .or the future, the board. Water. McKownville Sewer and the ;is awaiting a final report oi the j Birchmont Water districts in the i population forecast committee of its; town. the Serafini Construction Co., and it was mainly due to Mr. Westfall's perseverance tnat this deadline was met. This summer, with some assistance fror another engineer, he has sur- veyed the entire water supply line from the reservoirs' to the filter house, and he is now preparing a map. and a profile which will encom- pass the entire water system and sewerage system of Altamont which will prove invaluable in years to come. He has also surveyed the land through which the proposed new 18-inch sewer trunk line will pass, and has prepared descriptions to be used in the easements which will be obtained from individual property owners. While Mr. Westfall has .requested that his contract with the village not be renewed, since he feels he has earned a rest, he has generously of- fered to be of assistance to the vil- lage at any time and will be happy to lend the technical skill and pro- fessional experience which is his, in the solution of problems which may arise in the future. It is impossible to estimate the worth of Mr. Westfall's services to Altamont during the past year, or to estimate the amount of money he has saved the village both in the so- lution oi its present problems and in forestalling emergencies which it might have been necessary to face in the future. \His untiring efforts in the pub- lic interest, said Mayor Briggs, \and his insistence oty high standards of workmanship, have placed the tax- payers of Altamont very deeply in his debt.\ 'citizens advisory group lis already making plans j; ftil: 1 T O' proximatolv 10 additional classrooms For UClODer I lO 0> for elementary pupils next fall. The board o rent ap- Citizens For Ike Pick H. M. Elliott Treasurer Governor Harrimari has designated Oct. 1-8 as Newspaper Week and Oct. 6 as Newspaperboy Day in New York state. The Governor observes in a procla- mation that the thenie for this year's ] Woods McCHhill. chairman of the Newspaper Week celeto'ration is \Your Albany County Citzens for Eisen- Newspaper-Frcedorn-S; ( Key to Better howcr-Nixon Committee, has an- Livine\ He said \ojiKtiress is well nounced the appointment of Henry carrving out that uietne;' Mr. Harriman saiO,: \In print and in pictures, our newspapers pcrfornT niany public services by presenting the news, by- interpreting events, 'by*arousing pub- lic interest i« lss *^ v and worthy- causes, by special Articles and col- umns for those mtereSffed in various fields, by helping •merchants mow goods from shelves aflfl' Snowroorn s D v advertising, which Keeps the wheels of industry turning;' ^^ people in jobs.\ ..„. Mr. Harriman rereri'efl to the news- paperboys as \the 3U|n'6r merchants who perform a vajuOT,) e serv i C e and learn the ways °t fiMness in dis- tributing newspapers/'' M. Elliott. .Ir. as treasurer of the Albany committee. Elliott, of Lou- don Heights, is district manager of the Equitable Lite Assurance So- ciety of America. He was a director of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Irom 1940 to 1953. He is a director of the Albany County Tuberculosis as- sociation, and for four years was president of Ihe Northeastern Neu York Yale Alumni association. Eliot I attended Portsmouth Priory School and is a graduate of Yale. During World War II. Elliott ser- ved as an enlisted man for three years with the Na\\. He is married to the former Lucy Dodge ' h.ive four child-\!. The accountant recommended that the lown install a double-entry bookkeeping system and establish the office of town comptroller. Turnpike Group Plans For Fire Prevention Week The Western Turnpike Fire Pre- vention committee is making plans for Ihe observance of Fire Preven- tion Week. Oct. 7-13. During the week the volunteer fire companies of North Bethlehem, Mc- Kownville and Westmere will visit the Westmere Elementary school for demonstrations of fire fighting equip- ment Films on fire prevention will be shown at the school. Another project of the Fire Pre- vention, committee for the week is the inspection of homes. Residents of the area who wish an inspection of their homes made for fire hazards arc requested to send a post card to Western Turnpike Fire Prevention Committee, 1872 Western Ave., Al- bany 3. Requests for home\ inspec- tion will be turned over to the fire They I departments, and inspection will be (made during Fire Prevention Week, Annual Reception And Tea Scheduled Sept. 30 Mrs. C. Kenneth O'DoiToghue. presi- dent of St. Margaret Mary's Parent- Teachers association, announces thai on Sunday, Sepl. 30, the annual re- ception and lea will be held in the school hall from 3 lo .1 p. m. Guests of honor will include Rev. Leo Clark, paslor and school di- rector: Rev. Vincent II. Jaracz, assist- ant and moderator of PTA; Sister Mary Leonore. principal, and the Sis- ters of Mercy, who staff the school, also Mrs. James Carrier and Mrs. Tracy Barker, teachers. Mrs. Joseph T. McDermitt is chair- man of th^ recreation and tea com- mittee members are Mesdames James Driscoll. Edward Matticc, Francis Bolles, Michael Ricci, Francis Gonyea, Reynolds Smith, Joseph Wells, John Kubisch, James DeLeon, Gerard Thi- bodcau, Ciro Cadalso, Francis Rob- erts, Thomas Pennoch, Raymond Oliver. Theodore Lawlor, Thomas Newman, John C. Powers, John J. Brennan, Jerome W. Egerton, Ralph Holbrook, Joseph Burr&ughs, Alex- ander Melville, Edward Daly, Edward Hennessey, William Lyd'hik Past presidents of the orgaiiiz^ioji will pour, . .\..<; •••••..!••'-- ;• .. m ''fW^'S* »fe#/' :
